Jamestown Research Paper

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Jamestown Timeline And Overview
By: Garrett White
Mrs. Stuart’ s class 2016-17

Imagine living cut off from the rest of the world you know having to rely on only yourself and the people that came with you? This is what the people of Jamestown had to do to survive. They sailed there, settled there, and eventually took over land. On May 24, 1607 three ships carrying 105 settlers selected a site on Chesapeake Bay for a new settlement named Jamestown. Jamestown was first permanent colony
On December 10, 1607
Captain John Smith departed Jamestown with a provisioning party to obtain food from the neighboring indian villages. During this mission he was captured by the Pamunkey chief Powhatan, which led to …show more content…

The names were kept in a sealed box on the ship (each ship had a sealed copy). The first President of the new Virginia colony was to be Edward Maria Winfield. The other six council members were: Bartholomew Gosnold, Christopher Newport, John Martin, John Ratcliffe, George Kendall, and John Smith. By June 15, the fort was completed. It was triangle shaped with a bulwark at each corner, holding four or five pieces of artillery. The settlers were now protected against any attacks that might occur from the local Powhatan Indians, whose hunting land they were living on. Relations had already been mixed between the newcomers and the Powhatan Indians. On June 22, Captain Newport left for England to get more supplies for the new settlement.

Not long after Captain Newport left, the settlers began to succumb to a variety of diseases. They were drinking water from the salty or slimy river, which was one of several things that caused the death of many. The death tolls were high. They were dying from swellings, fluxes, fevers, by famine, and sometimes by wars. Food was running low, though then Chief Powhatan starting to send gifts of food to help the English. If not for the Powhatan Indians help in the early years, the settlement would most likely have failed, as the English would have died from the various diseases or simply …show more content…

Part of a fleet sent the previous fall, the survivors used two boats built on Bermuda to get to Jamestown. Sir Thomas Gates, the newly named governor, found Jamestown in shambles with the palisades of the fort torn down, gates off their hinges, and food stores running low. The decision was made to abandon the settlement. Less than a day after leaving, however, Gates and those with him, including the survivors of the "Starving Time," were met by news of an incoming fleet. The fleet was bringing the new governor for life, Lord Delaware. Gates and his party returned to

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